The Albanian Declaration of Independence was the declaration of independence of Albania from the Ottoman Empire. Independent Albania was proclaimed in Vlorë on 28 November 1912. Six days later the Assembly of Vlorë formed the first Government of Albania which was led by Ismail Qemali and the Council of Elders (Pleqnia).
Photomontage of the original document of the Declaration of Independence
The day of the Proclamation of Albanian Independence illustrated on the front page of the Austro-Hungarian newspaper Das Interessante Blatt published on 12 December 1912.
Main delegates of the Congress of Trieste (1913)
Signing of the Peace Treaty on 30 May 1913
All-Albanian Congress
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The All-Albanian Congress, Albanian National Congress, or Albanian Independence Congress was a held in Vlorë on November 28, 1912. Congress participants constituted the Assembly of Vlorë which established Albanian Provisional Government and elected Ismail Qemali as its president.
Ismail Qemali and his cabinet during the celebration of the first anniversary of independence in Vlorë on 28 November 1913.
Isa Boletini and his men from Kosovo Vilayet in the streets of Vlorë after the Independence was already proclaimed.